Steve Gaines

Steven Earl Gaines (September 14, 1949 – October 20, 1977) was an American musician. He is most well known as a guitarist and songwriter for southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, and is the younger brother of Cassie Gaines, who was also a member of the band.

he was great. they played brothers, an enforcer team, one talkative (Wood), one silent (Steve), equally comedic and menacing.

16 Feb 2015 10:11

I want the Wood Harris + Steve Harris spinoff of Justified S5 (probably the only thing worth salvaging from that mess of a season)

15 Feb 2015 19:33

Would've loved people to here Steve Gaines take on 50 Shades of Grey this morning at church.

15 Feb 2015 00:01

Metaboss ran second to Bolo a few back. Wish Gaines would give Bolo a shot on dirt. I think he's really talented

12 Feb 2015 12:49

"Obey your way into the feeling. Don' feel your way into obedience." - Steve Gaines

02 Feb 2015 20:41

What a Thanks to the writing team that is Ronnie Van Zant and Steve Gaines, not to mention…

09 Jan 2015 18:37

Remembering the beautiful Cassie Gaines pictured below with her brother Steve Gaines on this day of her birth in...

05 Jan 2015 00:50

Lynyrd Skynyrd "Street Survivors" (1977). The original cover featured a photograph of the band, particularly Steve Gaines, engulfed in flames. The original came out three days before their plane ran out of fuel and crashed near Baton Rouge, killing Gaines, Ronnie Van Zant, and Cassie Gaines along with three crew members. Out of respect for the deceased, MCA Records withdrew the controversial cover and replaced it with a similar image without the flames (actually the back cover photo from the original album cover.) The "Flame" cover is somewhat more desirable to possess.

1977…..On this day in 1977 the plane carrying the Lynryd Skynyrd Band crashes in Gillsburg, Mississippi. Following a performance at the Greenville Memorial Auditorium in Greenville, South Carolina, on October 20, 1977 the band boarded a chartered Convair CV-300 to Baton Rouge, Louisiana where they were scheduled to appear at LSU the following night. Due to a faulty engine, the airplane ran low on fuel and the pilots were diverted to the McComb-Pike County Airport. After running out of fuel they attempted an emergency landing before crashing in a heavily forested area five miles northeast of Gillsburg, Mississippi. Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines, Cassie Gaines, assistant road manager Dean Kilpatrick, pilot Walter McCreary and co-pilot William Gray were killed on impact; the other band members (Collins, Rossington, Wilkeson, Powell, Pyle, and Hawkins), tour manager Ron Eckerman, and road crew suffered serious injuries. The accident came just three days after the release of Street Survivors. Following the . ...

Dallas,Texas...April 12...Artimus Pyle Band @ Strokers Dallas Dallas,Texas...April 13...Pat Travers Band @ The Tree.. Artimus Pyle Band,the legendary drummer of Lynryd Skynryd and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member headlines the concert for Stroker's Dallas annual Spring Fling and Brendan's Wish Benefit !!! Meet & Greet this Rock n Roll Legend after the concert.Let us know if you will be attending on this page. (See event schedule below)... Interested sponsors email angela_cage ASAP ! (Freebird live video) The band will play all of Skynryd's greatest hits in a 90 minute set from Sweet Home Alabama to Freebird from the man who toured the world with the band.Artimus Pyle is one of 2 band members still alive who survived the bands tragic plane crash in 1977 in which 3 band members were lost including Ronnie Van Zant,Steve Gaines and sister Cassie Gaines as well as their stage manager,pilot and co-pilot. Over 3,000 people are expected to pass thru the gate for saturdays event plus Wet-T Shirt contest !! M ...

23 Jan 2014 21:35

19 years ago today Allen Collins died from pneumonia at 37 years old after surviving the fatal plane crash of 1977 that killed Ronnie Van Zant and Steve Gaines. Allen was one of Lynyrd Skynyrd founding members & lead guitarist, He co wrote many of the bands hits with late frontman Ronnie Van Zant.

15 Jan 2014 09:23

GONE BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY RONNIE !! R.I.P. WE MISS YOU !! Ronnie Van Zant was born on January 15, 1948 in Jacksonville, Florida. He was the oldest son of six children (3 sisters and 2 brothers - musicians Donnie and Johnny). Ronnie attended Lee High School in Jacksonville with fellow band members Gary Rossington and Allen Collins. They soon formed what would become Lynyrd Skynyrd. At the height of their fame, on October 20, 1977, their chartered plane crashed. Ronnie was killed along with band members Steve Gaines and his sister Cassie. His signature songs are "Free Bird" and "Sweet Home Alabama". (7 Fotos)

25 Dec 2013 15:31

Best prezzie, thanks to my Bruv and sister in law Cool mutha of a Tee, Showco worn on stage during 1977 by the legends Ronnie Van Zant & Steve Gaines. :-)

11 Dec 2013 08:41

To all the guitar players out there give the 1st solo in Sweet Home Alabama a try - Steve Gaines was one *** of a guitar player - 4 hours and I think I finally got it - it was freakin tough to get the phrasing just right to make it work - Steve Gaines was the strat player with Lynyrd Skynyrd - he died in the plane crash that also took the lives of Ronnie Van Zant, lead singer and song writer for Skynyrd, and Steve's sister Cassie who was one of the background singers with the Honkettes who were part of the Lynyrd Skynyrd band - next is the 2nd solo - it is so much fun being a lead guitarist - maybe time to switch to bass :) !

From Volunteer Jam V - January 13, 1979 The surviving members of Lynyrd Skynyrd reunite for the first time after the plane crash which killed Steve Gaines, C...

20 Oct 2013 23:04

It hard to believe it was 35 years ago that Lynyrd Skynyrd perished in the plane crash. And I do agree with the author that the best was yet to come of them. Steve Gaines was a great guitar player, and I think they would have done some great things had they had lived.

"Do you want to go to Heaven, look Jesus in the eye, having never led anybody to Christ?" - Pastor Steve Gaines

14 Sep 2013 21:43

Born on 2day are Nas-Amy Winehouse-Maurice Mad Dog Vachon-TV's the lone ranger Clayton Moore-Dan Cortese-Michael Crabtree-Skater Tom Schaar-Steve Gaines-and actor Sam Neill-Grace Kelly died in 1982-Patrick Swayze died in 2009-President McKinley died from a gunshot wound in 1901-Kenny Rogers gets a star on the walk of fame in 1979-the temptations walk of fame in 1994-Earth,Wind and Fire walk of fame in 1995-Pink Floyd's movie the wall in 1981-1st episode of Mork and Mindy in 1978-1st MTV awards in 1984-1st episode of the golden girls in 1985-Genesis play their 1st gig in 1969-Leon the professional in 1994-the glass house in 2001-little shop of horrors 1960-and on this day Ken Griffey SR. and JR. hit back to back home runs in the 1st inning in 1990 and that izit 4-2day!!

05 Sep 2013 16:54

Mark Blair ,Josh Stewart , and my Bro!! Ryan Wingo, and the greatest and Coolest Pastor I have ever met Steve Gaines. I thank God for

05 Sep 2013 15:40

God's blessings are on the other side of obedience. Steve Gaines

05 Sep 2013 00:39

Steve Gaines makes alost half a million a year as pastor and the SBC transparency - no one knows

03 Sep 2013 00:56

John Mayer is good, but he's no Steve Gaines.

02 Sep 2013 04:28

Great day today.Prayer is absolutely part of my life.Love my pastor, Steve Gaines.He's filled with the spirit I adore him as a gift from God

01 Sep 2013 15:15

God's blessings are on the other side of your obedience. - Steve Gaines

Preaching tonight for Steve Gaines and the great Bellevue Baptist Church in Memphis. If you're in the area come at 6:30.

03 Jul 2013 02:04

They left out Randy Rhoads, Dimebag Darrell, Eric Bell, Ric Neilsen, James Hetfield, Dave Mustaine, Ron Wood, Steve Miller, Mark Tremonte, Alex Lifeson, Paul Stanley, Bruce Kulic, Joe Satrianni, Steve Vai, Dave Murray, Adrian Smith, K.K. Downing, Glenn Tipton, Allen Collins, Gary Rossington, Steve Gaines, Joe Walsh, Joe Perry, John Fogerty...Man, I could go on and on, and get this, Yngwie Malmstien has a spot on here! I mean, come on, he was the Swedish A-hole that came over here in the 80's and started bashing Eddie Van Halen! And "he" gets a spot over all these other guitar greats! OMG!!!

29 Jun 2013 23:23

This Day in Rock History June 29th 2010: Rush kicked off their Time Machine Tour at the Journal Pavilion in Albuquerque, NM. During this tour they performed Moving Pictures in its entirety for the first time. 2000: In Jacksonville, FL, vandals pull up the grave of Lynryd Skynyrd frontman Ronnie Van Zant & the ashes of guitarist Steve Gaines. Their remains were shortly moved to an undisclosed burial site. 2000: Sting and his bandmates lost simultaneous chess matches against World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov at ABC television studios in New York City’s Times Square. Kasparov defeated them all in 50 minutes. 1999: Styx released their thirteenth album Brave New World which was their last album to feature original singer & keyboardist Dennis DeYoung. The album peaked at 175 on the Billboard 200 Album Chart. 1985: *** Jagger & David Bowie recorded their cover of “Dancing in the Street” & filmed the video in 12 hours. 1984: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band kicked off their tour in support of Born ...

Just got done paying my respects at the grave sites of the original Lynyrd Skynyrd members. Ronnie Van Zant, Allen Collins, Steve Gaines and Cassie Gaines. Gonna stop by where Ronnie's body rest on the way home..I wore my fingers to the bone learning Allen Collins licks and Ronnie's tattooed on my arm. Those guys are Gods to me. I'm speechless really.

13 Jun 2013 21:14

Lynyrd Skynyrd coming to riverbend? *scough* it's not the same without Steve Gaines and Ronnie can zant!

12 Jun 2013 00:47

We compiled some nice quotes from reviews of 'Hubris, Inc.' Capped off with Terrorizer, Metal Maniacs, and Blabbermouth... we thought we'd share them. Thanks all of you for supporting us so strongly. AngerAs Art don’t care about any cages or leashes and at times their songs seem tobe leading the band rather than they other way around. That barely containedchaos, that madness didn’t appeal to me on the first few spins, but slowly andsteadily, you’ll be drawn into the world of founder Steve Gaines, who has quitea few tricks up his sleeve. The metal veteran might serve up old school metal,but there’s a deeper layer to his music, and at times it almost crosses over to80s hardcore, and its development that makes ‘Hubris Inc.’ the bands best albumby far. Martijn Welzen – Mass Movement Magazine (UK) Anger asArt; one of the more reliable thrash bands active on the scene since 2006. Theband is set to take the world by storm in 2013 with their 4th release HubrisInc. Anger as Art do notdis ...

09 Jun 2013 01:03

Had to share this. For those who don't know who this is, this is Steve Gaines from Miami Ok. He was and still is a legend around this area. His sister, Cassie, was a back-up singer for Lynyrd Skynyrd. When Ed King (Sweet Home Ala. riff) quit, they started looking for a replacement. They auditioned Leslie West (Mountain) and some others, but couldn't find a 'fit'. Cassie kept telling them about Steve, so they finnaly gave him a shot. This was before I came to Joplin, so I didn't know of him. But by coincidence, I was at the show where he 'tried out' with them. They had him play slide guitar on 'T for Texas' if you can imagine. Of course he smoked it, and the rest is history! Unfortunatly, he and Cassie died with Ronnie VanZandt in the plane crash. :-( I have friends down here with cassettes of him and Cassie from the late 60s into the 70s, and of his band Crawdad. I promise you, they are still very much alive down here! If you've read this, then thanks for hangin'! I know that Jeff McGuire new who this wa ...

19 May 2013 13:26

Best music Lynyrd Skynyrd Georgia Peaches Lyrics: (Ronnie VanZant -- Steve Gaines) Well, you can see her walkin' down on Peachtree Street She got high-heeled...

18 Apr 2013 03:38

I wonder what the music world would be like today if it still had Allen Collins and Steve Gaines

29 Mar 2013 22:07

I just used Shazam to discover Wonderful Place by Bobby & Steve & Friends With Rosie Gaines.

27 Mar 2013 22:39

Check out The Last Tear written by Joe Hrasna and Steve Gaines. Let me know what you think & feel free to share

27 Mar 2013 04:29

Garry Rossington, Steve Gaines, and Allen Collins were easily the 3 guitarist of their time.

OK Music people - an alien lands here and says, "I've got to take a sample of the best music back to my planet. Give me 7 CDs to take home - 7 is all I can carry." Here is a starting point, what should be changed? Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin (Blues traditions, hard-rock break through) The Beatles - Help (The influence begins, +Yesterday) Lynyrd Skynyrd - Street Survivors (Southern kings, got to have Steve Gaines in there) The Who - Who's Next (Rock anthems) Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic (A truly new sound) Van Halen - Van Halen (Guitar greatness) Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run (American story telling) (Wow, no Eagles, Allman Bros., Hendrix, Yardbirds, ZZ Top, Boston, Kansas, Deep Purple, Stones, Motley Crue, Metallica, Queen, Rush, Heart, Clapton, Stevie Ray, Aretha, Kiss, Ramones, Def Leppard, White album or Sgt. Pep, Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd, Elton John, or Green Day who was probably the only band from the last 10 years to be considered.) So, changes? Shy Tuna Lee Hill Andrew R Doss Danny M. Miller

25 Jan 2013 16:10

One of my favorite all time favorite speakers that we have ever had come speak to us at First Baptist Woodstock is Ken Ham because what he had to speak on was so relevant on how we can defend our faith instead of giving into evolution . We've also had some other speakers that I have absolutely loved we've had David Platt , Junior Hill , Steve Gaines , Michael Catt , Franklin Graham , Tony Nolan . These guys are awesome .

14 Jan 2013 21:48

True Lynyrd Skynyrd story of plane crash On Thursday, October 20, 1977, simply several days after the discharge of Avenue Survivors, and several dates into their for the most part efficacious featuring tour to date, Lynyrd Skynyrd's sanctioned Convair 240 advanced mechanical challenges close to the close of their flight from Greenville, South Carolina to LSU in Implement Rouge, Louisiana. Despite the fact that the pilots tried a crisis arriving on a minor airstrip, the plane used up fuel and crashed in a timberland close Gillsburg, Mississippi. Singer/songwriter Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist/vocalist Steve Gaines, support vocalist Cassie Gaines, collaborator way administrator Senior member Kilpatrick, Mississippi by ambulances and different vehicles. Keyboardist Billy Powell's nose was practically torn off as he endured severe facial slashes, and he later created a quarrel by giving a startling record of Cassie Gaines' last minutes on a VH-1 Obsolete unique concerning the group, asserting that the sponsorshi ...

02 Jan 2013 21:51

I enjoy Adrian Rogers seroms more now then i did when i was little. Good practice for listening to Steve Gaines in the service.

A good start to 2013. Spent the day in the studio with Jodie and Harley Dave working on a new album. Tomorrow I'll be looking into buying a wig. Yes, I said wig. Not saying why yet though. ;-)

30 Dec 2012 23:59

This will be included as a bonus track on the 2013 digital remaster of my 2000 orchestral album "The Music Of David Gaines," originally on the MMC Recordings label (the remaster will be on my own Verda Stelo Music label). Please link to this/repost this widely. Thanks!

Artimus remembers Steve Gaines guitar work and his vocals on Aint No Good Life.This is a sound bite from an unreleased documentary that is still in post prod...

17 Dec 2012 20:44

Track of the Day Lynyrd Skynyrd Song: Tuesday's Gone Album: Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd In 1972, Ronnie Van Sant, Allen Collins, Gary Rosington, Johnny Colt, Leon Wilkeson and Robert Burns formed Lynyrd Skynyrd. The name of the band is a mocking tribute to their school gym teacher, Leonard Skinner, who was renowned for sending students to the principals office for having long hair. Their eponymous debut album, which featured their hit song Freebird, put the band on the map and led to them supporting The Who on their Quadrophenia tour in 1973. Their second album aptly named “Second Helping” came a year later and featured the track Sweet Home Alabama, one of the most recognisable rock songs in popular music history. 1977 proved to be a year of all-time highs and lows for the band. In the midst of their most successful headlining tour yet, an unfathomable and tragic event occurred when their airplane ran out of fuel and crashed. Members Ronnie Van Zant, Burn replacement Steve Gaines and Cass ...

18 Nov 2012 19:02

Pastor Steve Gaines has a picture of the UTM football team from the 70's when he played as his background on FB. Randy is in the same photo. Go Pacers!!

18 Nov 2012 13:14

DAy18:Thankful for churches and the fact that we have two Awesome ones is a Blessing( Forest Park Baptist here and Bellevue Baptist Memphis) God truly blessed us with those churches and we pray we are a blessing to our churches. Two great church families we are a part of, Two GREAT pastors.Pastor John Swadley and Pastor Steve Gaines ! Both Love the Lord dearly and do so so much to serve God and their church families!! (they should really have there own day but included in this one!!)

16 Nov 2012 22:28

I want a Devil Dog n Ding Ding.no snarky replies Steve Gaines!

16 Nov 2012 04:11

This school feeding center feeds 1200 kids a day, 5 days a week in 2 different shifts. Bless the laborers who work hard all week to make sure these kids get a healthy meal !

15 Nov 2012 15:47

Another great sermon by Dr. Steve Gaines on Hebrews 10:24-25. Why Go to Church? Because we need it and we need the fellowship with each other.

13 Nov 2012 23:01

You know I was thinking *** "MY" Top 20 Favorite Bands of ALL TIME. It was hard to do. Boz's Top 20 1.Black Sabbath 2.Thin Lizzy 3.Pink Floyd 4.Gov't Mule 5.Cry of Love (could have been higher had they had a longer career the album "Brother" impacted me very hard! 6.Humble Pie (hard not having them in top 5 (everything screamed RNR about this band 7.Yes (thanks to a G.E.D. teacher for letting me skip classes to listen, cool dude) 8.Rush 9.Allman Brothers 10.Free 11.Led Zeppelin 12.The Band 13.The James Gang 14.Lynyrd Skynyrd (they had a huge collection beside the hits (Steve Gaines though is in my top 5 Guitar players. He olny got to see the big time for a little bit and he was taken from us.. 15.Badfinger 16.April Wine 17.Cactus 18.Spooky Tooth 19.Boston (the sound was ahead of its time) 20.Blind Melon I know a lot of people prolly wouldn't agree, but this is my top 20 and subject to change as well. There are a lot bands as well on the edge of this list. Top 5 Guitar Players 1.Warren Haynes 2.Steve G ...

13 Nov 2012 20:56

I was surprised to see Steve Gaines in town today. I thought you were headed south.

12 Nov 2012 23:29

Great preaching at the Tenn. Baptist Pastor's Conf. this afternoon. Bro Danny Sinquefield and Steve Gaines knocked it out of the park today. Tremendous music from Collierville FBC as well. Needed this!

08 Nov 2012 16:30

"Faith comes through hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ." Romans 10:17 "Truly, Truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed our of death into life." John 5:24 I do not believe because of emotion. I do not believe because of fear. I do not believe because Dr. Adrian Rogers said it, nor because Dr. Steve Gaines said it. I BELIEVE BECAUSE ALMIGHTY GOD AND MY LORD JESUS CHRIST SAID IT! HE said it, I believe it, and it is done! When God makes a promise it is done! Claim it and proclaim it in HIS name!

21 Oct 2012 23:29

R.I.P. Ronnie Van Zant and Steve Gaines. October 20, 1977. It was never the same without you. I know your souls are Free Birds.

Ronnie Van Zant, Lead Singer Steve Gaines, Guitarist Cassie Gaines, Vocalist (Gaines’ sister) Dean Kilpatrick, Assistant Road Manager Walter Wiley McCreary, Pilot Willian john Gray, Co-pilot Before the wreck, there was no hysteria. The ‘plane was completely quiet. No one was freaking out. … I felt at that moment that everyone was speaking to their concept, whatever it was, of God. Artimus Pyle, drummer, 1977. It was early Thursday evening when the crash happened. News didn't travel that fast on a college campus. Saturday morning breakfast with some buddies at the the Carolina Coffee Shop and I decided to buy a newspaper (Larry and Duane's conversation must have been a bit slow that morning). What a shock for a southern boy to learn about the demise of some of his musical heroes. October 20th 1977.

20 Oct 2012 13:01

It's great when you find a band or artist whose music can actually inspire you, or make you feel better about any given situation...or maybe They are just *** good and they write real down home music.Well that band for me is Lynyrd Skynyrd.Always will be.And today, In 1977, the freebird went down an took Ronnie, Steve and Cassie away from us. Today I will be Remembering what once was the greatest American band who set foot across this land...We miss them all even who didn't pass in the crash...and today is a day to remember them all. Allen Collins, Steve Gaines, Ronnie Van Zant, Leon Wilkinson, Billy Powell, Cassie Gaines.May you all rest in peace.Lynyrd Skynyrd for life.

Hi , On October 21st I was in the Army at Fort Sill , Oklahoma . It was a beautiful Sunny Blue Sky Day it was allso a off duty day . I walked across the compound towards where a radio was playing Purple Haze and when it ended they came on with news of the Rock Band Lynyrd Skynyrd Plane Crashing in the early evening of October 20th , Taking the lives of Ronnie Van Zant , Cassie Gaines , Dean Kirkpatrick , Steve Gaines & Pilots Walter McCreary & William Gray . I'd heard news cast of people in bands dying before and feeling bad about hearing it , but what made this so shocking with me I knew their music and Who they were . I was a fan of theirs , and unlike others who I'd heard of I felt a Loss I'd had only felt with Family and Friends that had passed . What brought me to Like & Love them so much was the Honesty & Truth of their music as if Ronnie and the band were just speaking to me , They had an Energy & Electricity in their performance that you could feel came from Their Heart , Their Soul & Their Life ...

17 Oct 2012 19:39

Come to think of it, I don't think that Lynyrd Skynyrd has played this song in over 40 years! To download more never-before-heard recordings Steve, go to the...

17 Oct 2012 19:36

I, know everybody is all caught up with the playoffs an the political wars being fought rite now,, but for all u music lovers out there, I'd like 2 throw dis at ya,,, On Oct 17, 1977 just outside of Gillsburg MS a plane crashes Killing 3 members of 1 of the best bands ever formed,, Lynyrd Skynyrd,, The members were,, Ronnie Van Zant,, Steve Gaines an his sister Cassie Gaines, R.I.P. Thank u for the KICKASS MUSIC!

16 Oct 2012 12:53

Today is Steve Gaines first day at his new job. So exicted and proud of him! Sounds like a perfect job for him. Camaren Gaines is finished with cross country for the year. He brought home a certificate for most improved, managed to shave about 3 minutes off his first meets time. He really worked hard at it and I am very very proud!!!

15 Oct 2012 23:44

The October 20, 1977, plane crash that decimated Lynyrd Skynyrd shattered an American musical dream. Less than a week after the release Street Survivors,of one of the band's best albums, guitarist Steve Gaines was dead; vocalist Cassie Gaines was dead; lead singer, songwriter and founder of Lynyrd Skynyrd, Ronnie VanZant was dead. Also killed were the plane's flight crew and longtime friend and manager, Dean Kilpatrick. The rest of the band and crew lay in hospitals with life-altering injuries. Lynyrd Skynyrd was dead.

15 Oct 2012 04:46

Steve Jobs was the executive producer for Toy Story.

15 Oct 2012 00:05

"Sin is meeting a legitimate need in an illegitimate way" Pastor Steve Gaines

14 Oct 2012 19:55

This is the original, the way it was intended to be heard. One of Steve's singles before he joined Lynyrd Skynyrd. He had an amazing voice and was an excelle...

14 Oct 2012 18:51

Worship and Bible Study were awesome this morning. Steve Gaines preached up a storm and Eric Brand gave a terrific, insightful class at Bellevue Baptist Church!

14 Oct 2012 15:43

Live as if Christ could come @ any moment, b/c He can! Work! Witness! Wait! Awesome challenge by Steve Gaines, Bellevue Baptist this AM.

14 Oct 2012 15:06

It is good to dream, but it is better to dream and work. Faith is mighty, but action with faith is mightier. -Thomas Robert Gaines

12 Oct 2012 20:18

Steve Gaines fisheries interview picked up by - Thnx, and follow us back for more stories!

10 Oct 2012 15:13

Dr. Watchdog Gives a Tithing Alternative to Pastors as We Enter the Season of Tithing Sermons: "I want each of you to take plenty of time to think it over, and make up your own mind what you will give. That will protect you against sob stories and arm-twisting. God loves it when the giver delights in the giving." (II Cor 9:7) - October is the month when we see the absolute worst tithing sermons. Of course Perry Noble and Steve Gaines are tithing preachers for all seasons, but October is on average the worst month for pastors misusing scripture to deliver the anti-gospel bad news that God has cursed you, your family, and your checking account because your offering each week does not equal 0.1 times your gross income. So I want to try to help this year. I would like to take a proactive approach, to help prevent the sheep-beatings and scripture twisting BEFORE it starts, rather than having to blog again this year about pastors threatening church members with curses from on high. Pastors, because I care, here ...

27 Sep 2012 18:29

A Dark Cloud with a Silver Lining: Dr. Steve Gaines on the World’s Unassessed Fisheries

18 Sep 2012 21:04

Bellevue Baptist Steve Gaines: Homosexuality not the will of God. We love everyone, we do not approve same sex marriage.

08 Sep 2012 14:11

Watching movie King Arthur with Hollie while waiting to go to game. Have watched several times but never realized how much one of these actors looks like the late Steve Gaines of Lynyrd Skynyrd! Long live your memory Steve! And long live the greatest rock band ever!

27 Aug 2012 02:09

Really enjoyed dinner in Memphis with Steve Gaines and Russ Quinn, men in ministry I respect greatly.

17 Aug 2012 15:48

I personally contacted Bellevue's Pastor Steve Gaines Tuesday & asked him to support urging the school board to take its time reviewing...

17 Aug 2012 03:30

In Memory of the people we lost in1977, Ronnie Van Zant,Steve Gaines and Cassie Gaines, and to all the members we lost on the way This one's for you!

Flavour is a dinner event for women with special guest speaker Donna Gaines, wife of Dr. Steve Gaines, pastor of Bellvue Baptist church in Memphis, TN. Ladies please join us on this special night of worship, Bible teaching, and fellowship.

15 Jul 2012 13:01

Can't make it to church today? You can watch our services online LIVE here:

KZMZ It was on this day in 2000 that vandals broke into the tombs of Ronnie Van Zandt and Steve Gaines (both died in the 1977 plane crash). Ronnie's casket was pulled out and dropped on the ground. The bag containing Steve's ashes was ripped open and partially spilled. After the incident their remains were moved elsewhere but their original (now empty) mausoleums are still there for fans to visit.

20 Jun 2012 16:09

Thankful for the strong, gracious leadership of Dr. Steve Gaines and the Convention's affirmation of using a Sinner's Prayer in evangelism.

Messages from Dr Dr Steve Gaines and are all available in the 6 disc set.

21 May 2012 21:22

MORE GREAT NEWS: Got a call moments ago from the publisher of Spirit Memphis Christian Magazine, who asked if I will interview/and write stories on pastors Stacy Spencer of Memphis' New Direction Christian Church, Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship Presiding Bishop Paul S. Morton, Steve Gaines of Memphis' Bellevue Baptist Church, and Bishop Noel Jones of City of Refuge in Gardena, Calif. during the "Word Explosion" tonight and tomorrow hosted by Bishop Ed Stephens, Jr. of Golden Gate Cathedral for the June issue of Spirit Magazine. How grateful I am to God for not only allowing me the chance to routinely interview high-profile athletes, but to cross paths with several of America's most prominent pastors! What a mighty God we serve! (Psalm 105:1)

21 May 2012 12:33

You don't want to miss Dr. Steve Gaines and

20 May 2012 01:43

Sin entices, & then enslaves; it blinds, & then binds. But we can know the truth, & that truth can set us free. Hallelujah! -- Steve Gaines

17 May 2012 00:00

Dr. Steve Gaines explains the Biblical definition of marriage in a sermon preached at Bellevue Baptist Church on Sunday, May 13, 2012.

16 May 2012 00:05

Great post by offering much-needed clarity. Is it biblical to ask Jesus into your heart?